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Human pressure on water quality and water yield in the upper Grijalva river basin in the Mexico-Guatemala border
(ELSEVIER, 2016)
Forest ecosystems are major providers of high quality water and contribute to maintain a better distribution of base flows during the year. However, these environmental services have been adversely affected by human pressure ...
Leaf functional traits vary within and across tree species in tropical cloud forest on rock outcrop versus volcanic soil
(2019)
Functional leaf traits are used to classify plants into ecological strategies according to the leaf economic spectrum. Geological substrate has an important effect on functional trait variation, however, interspecific and ...
Relevance of local knowledge in decision-making and rural innovation: A methodological proposal for leveraging participation of Colombian cocoa producers
(Elsevier, 2020)
The local knowledge is constituted in the basis for decision-making and is an important part of the livelihood of rural families. Knowledge of cocoa crop management practices takes an essential role in the producers’ ...
Species interactions across trophic levels mediate rainfall effects on dryland vegetation dynamics
(2020)
Arid ecosystems are strongly limited by water availability, and precipitation plays a 2 major role in the dynamics of all species in arid regions, as well as the ecosystem processes that 3 occur there. However, understanding ...
An assessment of silvopastoral systems condition and their capacity to generate ecosystem services in the Colombian Amazon
(Taylor and Francis, 2023-06-14)
Livestock production in the Colombian Amazonia is typically dual-purpose (meat and milk) based on silvopastoral systems. We aimed to assess how the ecological condition of these systems correspond to the ecosystem services ...
Nutritional quality of Piptocoma discolor and Cratylia argentea as a non-timber forest products for animal feed in the Caquetá province
(Firenze University Press, 2022)
The present work determined the nutritional quality of Piptocoma discolor and Cratylia argentea as non-timber forest products used in animal feed in the Amazonian foothills in Caquetá province - Colombia, where the grasses ...
Regeneración natural de árboles y arbustos en potreros activos de Nicaragua
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2009)
Se compararon la abundancia,riqueza, diversidad y composición de especies de plántulas, juveniles y adultos de árboles y arbustos en 46 potreros activos en el municipio de Muy Muy, Nicaragua, para identificar su capacidad ...
Efecto del ancho del bosque ribereño en la calidad del agua en la microcuenca del río Sesesmiles, Copán, Honduras. Uso de comunidades de macroinvertebrados bentónicos como organismos indicadores
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2006-08)
El objetivo de este estudio fue caracterizar las poblaciones de macroinvertebrados bentónicos por medio del índice BMWP (Biological Monitoring Working Party Store System), para determinar la calidad del agua en la microcuenca ...